Insider Info

Well not quite insider info but it got your attention. The Bean & Leaf is indepenently owned and operated by a family that lives in the area. We Pride ourselves on only serving the finest coffee, teas and all the goodies you can get your hands on. We hope to offer our customers a unique experience by providing friendly service and a place where they can come with friends or family and relax over a hot cup of coffee.

Enviro-Cups

We Pride ourselves only using enviromentally friendly cups that are 100% bio-degradeable.

Fairtrade Coffee

We offer many varieties of fair trade organic coffees!

Introducing the great flavors of Genesis Teas.

Genesis: Peppermint, hisbiscus & rosehips.

Caribbean Myst: Lemongrass, lemon verbena & hisbiscus.

Natural cleaning, natural beauty, natural baby, natural pet, and organic herb/tea products that are rated for eco-friendliness.

Our mission is to grow and produce the healthiest and highest quality products which holistically nurture and balance the hearts, minds and bodies of our customers through the proven beneficial practice of Biodynamic agriculture. At our core is an absolute reverence and wonder of every created thing. Therefore, we are dedicated to enlivening, renewing and revitalizing the Earth by supporting and respecting its natural resources, cycles and life-carrying rhythms, so that we will leave our planet healthier and more fertile for future generations of land stewards.

Over 1,000 customers stream through our doors daily from sunrise to sunset, seven days per week. Three trucks leave each morning, delivering to over 40 restaurants and markets stretching from Ann Arbor all the way back to Royal Oak and Grosse Pointe. Our baked goods delight our customers and fill us with pride.

One small storefront at a time, other businesses have joined us and West Willis St. has become a vibrant community that is spreading (shop-midtown.com). Our vision of an “Agri-Urban” economy is beginning to come to life in the seeds of a new economy, based not on a declining industrial economy, but with sustainability and community at its core.

When Avalon began, our greatest aspiration was to become an inspiration to others. Now, our customers, our employees and the community are inspiring us as we find new ways of fulfilling Avalon’s mission: Eat Well. Do Good.

Distributer of Certified Organic, Fair Trade, Single Origin Yerba Mate and Assam Black Tea. Organic Rooibos, Green Rooibos, Lemon, Mango, Vanilla, Earl Grey, Orange flavors.

This is our journey to wellness - to transform from the harshness of caffeine that tea leaves bring to the beauty and softness of organic tisanes...the evolution of tea.